The Real and the Virtual
The Real and the Virtual
edited by Daniel Riha and Anna Maj
ISBN: 978-1-84888-012-2
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Contents
Introduction
Daniel Riha and Anna Maj
PART I: Theories and Concepts of Cyberspace and Cyberculture
Redefining the Body in Cyberculture: Art’s Contribution to a New Understanding of Embodiment
Umut Burcu Tasa and Âli Yurtsever
Human Bodies in Cyberspace
Ayse Sat
PART II: Online Communities, Web 2.0 and Emerging Practices in Social Networking
Hybrid Communities to Digital Arts Festivals: From Online Discussions to Offline Gatherings
Donata Marletta
This Time It’s Personal: Social Networks, Viral Politics and Identity Management
Nils Gustafsson
The Second Self Through Second Life
Kristi N. Scott
PART III: Cybersubcultures
Sex, Sexuality, and Cyberspace
Vikki Fraser
The Use of Social Networking Sites And Their Relation to Users’ Offline Networks
Natalia Waechter,Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Stephanie M. Reich and Guadalupe Espinoza
Cybergrace Among Eating Disorder Survivors in Singapore
Bittiandra Chand Somaiah
PART IV: The Future of Interactive Entertainment
Playing Games as an Art Experience
Jeff Folkerts
Anthropology of Accessibility: The Perceptual Problems of Human-Computer Interactions
Anna Maj and Michal Derda-Nowakowski
Part V: Social Presence in Virtual Worlds
Social Nature of Time and Space in Online Games: Designing Fantastic Social Worlds
Göknur Bostanci Ege and Nicholas Koullapis
Web Based Authorship in the Context of User Generated Content: An Analysis of a Turkish Web Site: Eksi Sozluk
Burak Dogu, Zehra Ziraman and D. Emrah Ziraman
Part VI: The Cultures of Online Learning and Educational Use of Videogames
The 3-D Virtual Library Concept Revisited
Daniel Riha
Cyberculture: Learning New Literacies through Machinima
Theodoros Thomas
PART VII: Digital Art and Interactive Storytelling
‘Print Novels and the Mark of the Digital’: Mark Z. Danielewski’s Only Revolutions and Media Convergence
Tatiani G. Rapatzikou
Intermedial Performance: Digital Connectivity
Tyng Shiuh Yap
PART VIII: Cyber-Policy and Cyber-Democracy and their Impact on National and Global Politics
Governance and the Global Metaverse
Melissa DeZwart and David Lindsay
Politics and Social Software: Recommendations for Inclusive ICTs
Christina Neumayer, Celina Raffl and Robert M. Bichler
Mediatisation of Terror in Cyberspace: Scrutinizing Al-Qaeda’s Media Strategy
Rasha El-Ibiary